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Today, and each day, when we are working in writing workshop , I want you to think about what topic you want to write about linking one sentence to another in a meaningful way by carefully choosing your transitional words and phrases.

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Have students complete exit ticket to monitor today's learning and gauge success of today's lesson.

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Have students complete exit ticket to monitor today's learning and gauge success of today's lesson.

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Students will be able to,

define transitional phrases and their purpose in writing

choose an appropriate transition phrase to complete a sentence.

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Say to students: let's list four basic transition phrases, and see how we can substitute other, more interesting, ones.

List: first, next, then, last

Ask students to think, what could we use intead for each. For example, instead of "first" we could use "to begin with". Instead of "next" we could use, "an hour later".

Introduce the Transition posters and discuss them.

Then, display the Connect your Writing worksheets on the board. Work together interactively on the smartboard to complete this worksheet.

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At this point, Display the digital practice worksheet entitled: Transition Bridges

Do the first exercise together. Then instruct students to complete the rest of the worksheet independently or with a partner.

While students work, meet in small group with Ryan, Mustafa, Dalia, Hisham, and Jaden to assist in completing the worksheets.

Allow 15 minutes; then, review whole class.

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3W2: Write informative/explanatory texts to explore a
topic and convey ideas and information relevant to the
subject.

3W2a: Introduce a topic and organize related information
together.

3W2b: Develop a topic with facts, definitions, and details;
include illustrations when useful for aiding comprehension.

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1.  Begin by reminding students as to the parts of a paragraph.

2. Solicit volunteers to tell us the parts; namely,

Topic sentence

Supporting Idea Sentences

Details Sentences

Concluding Sentence

3. Explain that this week we are going to focus on using transitional words and phrases to link one sentence idea to another.

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